STATUS REPORT

PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE STATUS OF REFUGEES

(New York, 31/01/1967)

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 05-Oct-71

Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Parties Date of Signature Date of ratification
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Other 		Entry Into Force Domestication Legislation
(where available)
Fiji   12 Jun 1972 d    
Papua New Guinea   17 Jul 1986 a    
Samoa   29 Nov 1994 a    
Solomon Islands   12 Apr 1995 a    
 
1. Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Forty-first Session, Supplement No. 1A (E/4264/Add.1), p. 1        
10. Upon notifying its succession (29 November1978) the Government of Suriname informed the Secretary-General that the Republic of Suriname did not succeed to the reservations formulated on 29 July 1951 by the Netherlands when the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees were extended to Suriname        
11. The formality was effected by the Yemen Arab Republic. See also note 1 under "Yemen" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
12. Subject to the reservation which was formulated on behalf of the Bahama Islands in respect of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees        
2. Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-first Session, Supplement No. 16 (A/6316), p. 48        
3. With the following declaration: "The Government of Australia will not extend the provisions of the Protocol to Papua/New Guinea."        
4. The former Yugoslavia had acceeded to the Protocol on 15 January 1968. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
5. On 27 April 1999, the Government of Portugal informed the Secretary-General that the Protocol would apply to Macao. Subsequently, on 18 November and 3 December 1999, the Secretary-General received communications concerning the status of Macao from the Governments of Portugal and China (see also note 3 under "China" and note 1 under "Portugal" regarding Macao in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume). Upon resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Macao, China notified the Secretary-General that the Convention with the reservation made by China will also apply to the Macao Special Administrative Region        
6. Czechoslovakia had acceeded to the Protocol on 26 November 1991. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
7. The German Democratic Republic had acceded to the Protocol on 4 September 1990. See also note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
8. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume        
9. The Kingdom of the Netherlands accedes to the said Protocol so far as the territory of the Kingdom situated in Europe is concerned; and, as from 1 January 1986, for Aruba        
Albania   18 August 1992    
Algeria   8 Nov 1967 a    
Angola   23 Jun 1981 a    
Antigua and Barbuda   7 Sep 1995 a    
Argentina   6 Dec 1967 a    
Armenia   6 Jul 1993 a    
Australia3   13 Dec 1973 a    
Austria   5 Sep 1973 a    
Azerbaijan   12 Feb 1993 a    
Bahamas   15 Sep 1993 a    
Belarus   23 Aug 2001 a    
Belgium   8 Apr 1969 a    
Belize   27 Jun 1990 a    
Benin   6 Jul 1970 a    
Bolivia   9 Feb 1982 a    
Bosnia and Herzegovina4   1 Sep 1993 d    
Botswana   6 Jan 1969 a    
Brazil   7 Apr 1972 a    
Bulgaria   12 May 1993 a    
Burkina Faso   18 Jun 1980 a    
Burundi   15 Mar 1971 a    
Cambodia   15 Oct 1992 a    
Cameroon   19 Sep 1967 a    
Canada   4 Jun 1969 a    
Cape Verde   9 Jul 1987 a    
Central African Republic   30 Aug 1967 a    
Chad   19 Aug 1981 a    
Chile   27 Apr 1972 a    
China5   24 Sep 1982 a    
Colombia   4 Mar 1980 a    
Congo   10 Jul 1970 a    
Costa Rica   28 Mar 1978 a    
Croatia4   12 Oct 1992 d    
Cyprus   9 Jul 1968 a    
Czech Republic6   11 May 1993 d    
Cфte d'Ivoire   16 Feb 1970 a    
Democratic Republic of Congo   13 Jan 1975 a    
Denmark   29 Jan 1968 a    
Djibouti   9 Aug 1977 d    
Dominica   17 Feb 1994 a    
Dominican Republic   4 Jan 1978 a    
Ecuador   6 Mar 1969 a    
Egypt   22 May 1981 a    
El Salvador   28 Apr 1983 a    
Equatorial Guinea   7 Feb 1986 a    
Estonia   10 Apr 1997 a    
Ethiopia   10 Nov 1969 a    
Finland   10 Oct 1968 a    
France   3 Feb 1971 a    
Gabon   28 Aug 1973 a    
Gambia   29 Sep 1967 a    
Georgia   9 Aug 1999 a    
Germany7,8   5 Nov 1969 a    
Ghana   30 Oct 1968 a    
Greece   7 Aug 1968 a    
Guatemala   22 Sep 1983 a    
Guinea   16 May 1968 a    
Guinea-Bissau   11 Feb 1976 a    
Haiti   25 Sep 1984 a    
Holy See   8 Jun 1967 a    
Honduras   23 Mar 1992 a    
Hungary   14 Mar 1989 a    
Iceland   26 Apr 1968 a    
Iran (Islamic Republic of)   28 Jul 1976 a    
Ireland   6 Nov 1968 a    
Israel   14 Jun 1968 a    
Italy   26 Jan 1972 a    
Jamaica   30 Oct 1980 a    
Japan   1 Jan 1982 a    
Kazakhstan   15 Jan 1999 a    
Kenya   13 Nov 1981 a    
Kyrgyzstan   8 Oct 1996 a    
Latvia   31 Jul 1997 a    
Lesotho   14 May 1981 a    
Liberia   27 Feb 1980 a    
Liechtenstein   20 May 1968 a    
Lithuania   28 Apr 1997 a    
Luxembourg   22 Apr 1971 a    
Malawi   10 Dec 1987 a    
Mali   2 Feb 1973 a    
Malta   15 Sep 1971 a    
Mauritania   5 May 1987 a    
Mexico   7 Jun 2000 a    
Morocco   20 Apr 1971 a    
Mozambique   1 May 1989 a    
Netherlands9   29 Nov 1968 a    
New Zealand   6 Aug 1973 a    
Nicaragua   28 Mar 1980 a    
Niger   2 Feb 1970 a    
Nigeria   2 May 1968 a    
Norway   28 Nov 1967 a    
Note: On the recommendation of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the High Commissioner submitted the draft of the above-mentioned Protocol to the General Assembly of the United Nations, through the Economic and Social Council, in the addendum to his report concerning measures to extend the personal scope of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. The Economic and Social Council, in resolution 1186 (XLI)1 of 18 November 1966, took note with approval of the draft Protocol and transmitted the said addendum to the General Assembly. The General Assembly, in resolution 2198 (XXI)2 of 16 December 1966, took note of the Protocol and requested the Secretary-General "to transmit the text of the Protocol to the States mentioned in article V thereof, with a view to enabling them to accede to the Protocol."        
Notes        
Panama   2 Aug 1978 a    
Paraguay   1 Apr 1970 a    
Peru   15 Sep 1983 a    
Philippines   22 Jul 1981 a    
Poland   27 Sep 1991 a    
Portugal5   13 Jul 1976 a    
Republic of Korea   3 Dec 1992 a    
Republic of Moldova   31 Jan 2002 a    
Romania   7 Aug 1991 a    
Russian Federation   2 Feb 1993 a    
Rwanda   3 Jan 1980 a    
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   3 Nov 2003 a    
Sao Tome and Principe   1 Feb 1978 a    
Senegal   3 Oct 1967 a    
Serbia and Montenegro4   12 Mar 2001 d    
Seychelles   23 Apr 1980 a    
Slovakia6   4 Feb 1993 d    
Slovenia4   6 Jul 1992 d    
Somalia   10 Oct 1978 a    
South Africa   12 Jan 1996 a    
Spain   14 Aug 1978 a    
Sudan   23 May 1974 a    
Suriname10   29 Nov 1978 d    
Swaziland   28 Jan 1969 a    
Sweden   4 Oct 1967 a    
Switzerland   20 May 1968 a    
Tajikistan   7 Dec 1993 a    
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia4   18 Jan 1994 d    
Timor-Leste   7 May 2003 a    
Togo   1 Dec 1969 a    
Trinidad and Tobago   10 Nov 2000 a    
Tunisia   16 Oct 1968 a    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland   4 Sep 1968 a    
United Republic of Tanzania   4 Sep 1968 a    
United States of America   1 Nov 1968 a    
Uruguay   22 Sep 1970 a    
Venezuela   19 Sep 1986 a    
Yemen11   18 Jan 1980 a    
Zambia   24 Sep 1969 a    
Zimbabwe   25 Aug 1981 a    
Keys:
  • Accession (a)
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  • Approval (AA)
  • Definitive Signature (s)
  • Formal confirmation (c)
  • Participation (P)
  • Notification (of provisional application, of special undertaking, etc) (n)
  • Ratification (Rt)
  • Reservation (r)
  • Succession (d)
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